A “Chocolate Kiss” Morning

There are many ways to jolt yourself awake in the morning. I was out early feeding the birds, when I noticed a tree branch had fallen into a bed. I started to grab it and spotted a coiled snake with a distinct pattern of chocolate kisses on its side. A sure sign that the creature was a venomous Copperhead. No more coffee was needed!

Chocolate kisses are not something I usually associate with Copperheads! Great identifier though.

Glad you saw him or her first

One of my dogs stepped into some Blue Daze the other day and came out limping. I thought, oh no, there’s a Pygmy Rattlesnake in there. Got a pool cue and dug around, one of my Aloes had grown a sprout in there and the dog had stepped on that. Whew!